One Perfect Love: My Amazing Grace.

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Due to all the excitement, I forgot to share that the last book of my trilogy was finally approved by our publisher. Yay! 

So, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each one of you who has read, commented and voted for this story on Wattpad. (This is quite lengthy so please, bear with me).

To tell you honestly, while I was writing the first part of this trilogy, I had no idea where I was going. I'm a pantser, meaning I write without any plans. I only made plans when I got lost along the way and it happened on the last part of the trilogy. I had no idea how these two could resolve their differences or how I could justify their behavior. All that was unclear in the beginning.

But you know, things that happen in our lives often affect our writing. In my case, that was what happened to me. Because at one point in my life, I was Cherry who fell in love with a certain Lee. I was the one who hoped for a promise to be fulfilled, only to realize in the end that the one who made the promise have forgotten it entirely. Worse, the one who made a promise chose to forget me.

I guess that was where I derived the emotion I put into this story. I guess that is the reason why every heartache and anger felt by Cherry was also real to me as I was writing their story.

I know, somewhere out there, a Cherry exists. Someone who is a victim of bullying. Somewhere out there, a Lee thrives on bullying someone in order to hide his pain. Somewhere out there, people are quick to judge others based on what they see on the outside and choose to neglect all the layers of scars hidden underneath. Somewhere out there, someone is crying for help. Someone out there might feel helpless, hopeless and alone. Somewhere out there, someone's soul is so tainted by darkness that it never yearned to see the Light anymore.

As my readers, it is my challenge to you to stand up for those people who feel inferior. Stand up for those who suffered too much that they already lost the will to fight. Stand up for the victims of abuse. Stand up for what is right.

I never wanted to be famous. I never wanted to be glorified because of the things I write about. But I wanted to be remembered as a writer who inspires others to hope, to dream and to believe that despite all the chaos in this world, something beautiful can still survive. That there is no absolute darkness; there is always Light if we chose to search for it. Sometimes, we can find it within ourselves, hiding beneath the scars and the darkness that tainted our souls but it's there. Living and real.

My dear readers, if you already found the Light, don't keep it to yourself. Share it so everyone will know the true meaning of Love, Joy and Peace.

Much love and blessings to all of you. Once again, thank you.

Spread the Light.

^Hopeful^

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I couldn't contain my excitement today. Last week, I applied for an Editorial Post at a certain company here in the south. I proofread articles as part of my test and I just received their response. They have scheduled me for an interview. 

Yay! Isn't that great?

I was ecstatic! Though there are no guarantees that I would get the post, I keep hoping that God will grant me this job since I am really searching for a day job. My baby is still too young to be sleeping with a helper at night. As much as possible, I wanted to spend nights with him. I wanted to establish his security blanket first before I would embark on greater journeys. I hope that after my interview tomorrow, I will be officially hired. 

Oh! I'm keeping all my fingers crossed. I would cross my toes as well if I could. Hihi!

I know, there are more qualified applicants than me but I sincerely hope and pray they will give me a chance. One advantage of being a mother is that you wanted to land a job that would last for years. I knew how stressful it is to transfer from one company to another. If this company would give me a chance, I plan to last there for as long as I am needed. I do hope they need me as much as I need them. :)

Oh well. It will all be in God's hands tomorrow. I can only do my best. 

The End

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So here I go, approaching the final chapters of OPL and I'm quite lost as to how I will wrap it up. There are a lot of things I needed to justify and the funny part is, these realizations only came to me as I was approaching the end. In short, I never planned for this to happen but here I am. Sort of like a lame excuse a teenager gives to her parents about not planning to get pregnant but it happened. That sort of thing. 

When I first started OPL, I never foresee the end. I was a pantser and I still am. You know, that incredible art of writing whatever comes into my mind without worrying about the pros and cons of the scenes I created. The bottomline is, I enjoyed every minute of my pantser life. LOL

But now, I can't just give the story a lousy ending to a sort of complicated relationship between two people who wasted more than a decade to finally admit they love each other. There has to be a major revelation and that is what I am still thinking about. 

It's easier to say that the end will justify all the hero's lousy behavior and will get the sympathy of most of my readers when they would finally realize why he had to hurt the heroine and yet he tells her he loves her. I don't know either but I am planning to figure everything out. 

I already drafted the ending scene, on how the heroine will finally come to her senses and accept the hero's love but I have to think of a more satisfying ending to their story. I guess I needed to do more research and drink more coffee to get my brain working. 

So there. Bottomline? I'm lost. Come and find me.